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1 Observing Miras as tracers of the inner part of the Milky Way ( 東京大学 ) Noriyuki Matsunaga (The University of Tokyo)

2 Outline Introduction Miras as tracers of the Milky Way Case study 1 Miras in the bulge and the distance to the GC Case study 2 Carbon-rich Miras in the bulge Concluding remarks

3 What Miras can tell us. Introduction

4 What are Miras? Long period (P>100 days) Large amplitude (ΔV>2.5 mag) Late-type stars in the last stage of AGB Related variable stars: Semi-regulars, Irregulars Refer to GCVS Variability Types and Variable Star Type Designations in AAVSO VSX A part of long-term light curve of Mira (o Cet) with P=332 days (Taken from AAVSO,

5 Variable stars as tracers RR Lyr Cepheid Mira Bright variable stars with P-L relations Cepheids Miras RR Lyrae Distance indicators Age indicators Kinematic tracers Chemical tracers Distribution of variable stars across the H-R diagram (Gautschy & Saio, 1995, ARA&A, 33, 75)

6 P-L relation of Miras and SRs Miras can be classified with relative ease. Regularity of the light curves Large Amplitudes: Amp(I-band) > 1 mag A single sequence of PLR is found in Ks (not in I). K s -band I-band Data from Ita et al. (2004, MNRAS, 347, 720; MNRAS, 353, 705)

7 P-L relation of Miras and SRs Miras can be classified with relative ease. Regularity of the light curves Large Amplitudes: Amp(I-band) > 1 mag A single sequence of PLR is found in Ks (not in I). K s -band I-band Pioneering studies on Miras P-L relation: Glass & Lloyd Evans (1981, Nature, 291, 303) Feast et al. (1989, MNRAS, 241, 375) Their studies became possible thanks to IR data. Data from Ita et al. (2004, MNRAS, 347, 720; MNRAS, 353, 705)

8 P-L relation of Miras No tight correlation in the optical Tight PL relation found in the near-ir (or in bolometric mag.) Many long-period Miras (P>350d) get fainter than the linear relation because of thick circumstellar dust. K s -band I-band P > 100, ΔI > 1 mag --- H-K s < 1 mag --- H-K s > 1 mag Data from Ita et al. (2004, MNRAS, 347, 720; MNRAS, 353, 705)

9 P-L relation of Miras Bolometric magnitudes, M bol, measure integrated brightness; energy absorbed by circumstellar dust is re-emitted in the mid- to far-infrared. M bol give robust distances of Miras even with circumstellar dust. Whitelock et al. (2013, MNRAS, 428, 2216) M bol K band C-rich 〇 O-rich NGC6822@500kpc

10 Reach of Miras distance Previous results include only 2 galaxies w. D>1Mpc. JWST may greatly extend the frontier. NGC5128@4Mpc Rejkuba (2004, A&A, 413, 903) NGC4258@7Mpc Huang et al. (2018, ApJ, 857, 67)

11 Ages of Miras Younger Miras have longer periods, although the relationship is not established like Cepheids. Evolutionary and pulsational models of Miras are very difficult because of their very extended atmospheres. Some facts supporting the periodage relation: Correlation between period and kinematics Old globular clusters host only Miras with short P ( days). Age versus velocity dispersion (Nordstrom et al. 2004, A&A, 418, 989). For ages of Miras, check Feast (2007, ASPC, 378, 479).

12 Miras as tracers Distances can be determined based on P-L relation. Infrared observations are required. They are low- and intermediate-mass stars in the AGB phase representing old and intermediate-age populations. C-rich/O-rich dichotomy gives insights into subgroups of intermediate-age populations. Many Miras have circumstellar dust shells making themselves important contributors to interstellar dust and integrated IR emissions of galaxies.

13 Two important phenomena Dredge up Mass loss Some references: Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Habing & Olofsson, eds. (2003) Iben & Renzini, ARA&A, 21, 271 (1983) Habing, A&A Rev., 7, 97 (1996) Busso et al., ARA&A, 37, 239 (1999) Herwig, ARA&A, 43, 435 (2005) Hofner & Olofsson, A&A Rev., 26, 1 (2018)

14 Evolution around the AGB An evolutionary track of low-mass stars.

15 Structure of the AGB C+O core with double burning shells are surrounded by the extended envelope. Convective H- rich envelope Double Burning Shells C+O core From the textbook AGB stars

16 Thermal pulse and Dredge up He-shell burning occurs violently thermal pulse 3 rd dredge up events after thermal pulses brings up processed materials to the surface. Important elements enhanced by 3 rd dredge up: 12 C s-process elements (Y, Ba, La, etc) Lower Upper Convection (H-rich envelope) C+O core From the textbook AGB stars

17 Production of C-rich stars Evolutionary tracks of AGB stars (Marigo et al. 2008) ~1 Z ~0.2 Z O-rich C-rich Miras Carbon-rich stars (red) produced by 3 rd dredge up are more common in metal-poor systems and appear in the last stage of intermediate-mass AGB stars. An evolutionary track of low-mass stars.

18 Dependency on age and metal The frequency of C-rich evolved stars can be considered as a population indicator. Being applied to nearby galaxies (e.g. Boyer et al. 2013). Old AGB stars don t evolve into C-rich stars. ratio of C-rich AGBs to O-rich ones Metal-rich stars tend to avoid evolving into C-rich stars. Intermediate-age stars become C-rich AGB stars (especially if metal-poor). ~8.5 for SMC Miras ~2.5 for LMC Miras zero for Bulge Miras? C-rich/O-rich ratio at the AGB phase (Boyer et al. 2013, ApJ, 774, 83)

19 Period distribution (O-rich/C-rich) Metallicity: MW (~1 Z solar ) > LMC (~0.3 Z solar )> SMC (~0.1 Z solar ) C-rich frequency: Milky Way < LMC (~2.5) < SMC (~8.5) Milky Way (disk) LMC SMC

20 C-rich and O-rich dichotomy Some AGB stars have more C than O at the surface. 3 rd dredge-up from the stellar interior Mass transfer from the binary companion O-rich From the textbook AGB stars C-rich

21 C-rich and O-rich dichotomy Some AGB stars have more C than O at the surface. 3 rd dredge-up from the stellar interior Mass transfer from the binary companion A band (telluric) CN CN CN O-rich TiO VO VO C-rich From the textbook AGB stars

22 Mass loss Mass loss of AGBs (especially Miras) are large, ~10 6 M solar /yr or more, thanks to: Pulsation shock pushing up gas into higher layers. Dust formation giving higher opacity High luminosity and low gravity are also crucial. Freytag et al. (2017) Nowotny et al. (2010)

23 Section summary AGB stars evolved from low-mass (~10 Gyr old) to intermediate-mass (100 Myr 5 Gyr) stars. Miras are large-amplitude (ΔV>2.5 mag) and long-period (P>100 days) variables. Miras have particular characteristics, due to mass loss and dredge up phenomena, which poses interesting problems.

24 Case Study 1 Miras in the bulge and the distance to the Galactic Center Matsunaga et al. 2009, MNRAS, 399, 1709 Matsunaga et al. 2013, IAUS, 289, 109

25 Distribution of stellar populations in and around the Bulge How old is the Nuclear Bulge? Age distribution of (intermediate to young) bulge stars

26 IRSF + SIRIUS 1.4-m telescope in Sutherland (SAAO) SIRIUS: FOV: about 7.7 x 7.7 Pixel Scale: /pix, Simultaneous JHKs images. It has been steadily working for over 17 years since 2000, during which 170+ papers were published. 24+ PhD theses (20 in JP, 3 in SA) Manchester, 25 June 2004

27 IRSF survey towards the GC 20 arcmin by 30 arcmin ~90 monitoring data in Typical limiting mag: 20 arcmin

28 Color magnitude diagram Total number: 1364 Period is obtained for 549.

29 Example light curves of Miras

30 Period distribution Near-IR surveys provide comprehensive samples of Miras from short to long periods. The broad period range indicates a wide parameter range (age and/or metallicity). This work Shaded Glass et al. (2001) Whitelock et al. (1991) Matsunaga et al. (2005) Bulge Miras selected among IRAS objects. Mass-losing objects were selected. Bulge Miras found in OGLE-II survey. Biased against masslosing objects.

31 Estimating distance and extinction P-L relations in JHKs. intrinsic colors and absolute magnitudes Extinctions and distances can be derived at the same time. σ J =0.19 σ H =0.19 σ K =0.17 P-L relation of the LMC Miras, using data from Ita et al. (2004)

32 Samples of Miras for distances We derived distances of Miras with: Period < 350 d with more than two of JHKs 146 Miras in the IRSF survey Colors are necessary to estimate the extinction. Longer-P Miras are affected by circumstellar dust. Miras It may be possible to estimate the circumstellar extinction from colors (Ita & Matsunaga, 2011), but probably not for the objects towards the Galactic Centre. Ita & Matsunaga. 2011, MNRAS, 412, 2354

33 Structure of interstellar extinction Locations of individual Miras and their extinction Integrated extinction between the Sun and the bulge Cepheids Miras

34 Extinction toward GC In the optical wavelengths, objects around the GC are invisible (even bright stars like Miras are not detected by Gaia). Infrared surveys are crucial in the central part of the Galaxy. IRSF survey region (Matsunaga+09) Mowlavi+18 (arxiv: ) discussed 151,761 candidates of long-period variables in Gaia DR2.

35 Distance to the Galactic Center μ 0 (GC)=14.58±0.02±0.15 mag R 0 (GC)=8.24±0.08±0.42 kpc μ 0 (LMC) = 18.45(±0.05) is assumed. Agreement with estimates based on other methods including stellar orbits around Sgr A * (e.g. Gillessen et al. (2017): R 0 (GC)=8.32±0.07±0.14 kpc). A review of previous estimates of R 0 (GC) is given in de Grijs & Bono (2016, ApJS, 227, 5)

36 Section summary Near-IR surveys are effective to look for comprehensive samples of Miras from short-period Miras to long-period Miras with thick circumstellar dust. Using short-period Miras (P<350 days), we obtained the distance to the Center to be 8.24 kpc, but the systematic error is still large, ~0.4 kpc. Matsunaga et al. 2009, MNRAS, 399, 1709 Matsunaga et al. 2013, IAUS, 289, 109

37 Case Study 2 Carbon-rich Miras in the Galactic bulge Matsunaga et al. 2017, MNRAS, 469,

38 Previous works on bulge C stars Azzopardi et al. (1991) identified 34 carbon stars. Too faint to be carbon AGB stars after the 3 rd dredge up. Probably evolved in binary systems (or accreted from a dwarf galaxy, Sgr dsph?) Cole & Weinberg (2002) considered the stars with (J-Ks) 0 >2 (because such red ones are C stars in the LMC). This is not true. Ishihara et al. (2010) used (J-Ks) and AKARI (9-18) colors to classify between O-rich/C-rich stars. Their C-rich stars seem to be located also in the bulge. Spectorsopic follow-ups are necessary. Miszalski et al. (2013) serendipitously discovered a C-rich symbiotic Mira towards the bulge. They considered that it is nearer than the bulge, and our near-ir photometry supports their conclusion.

39 Previous works on bulge C stars Azzopardi et al. (1991) identified 34 carbon stars. Too faint to be carbon AGB stars after the 3 rd dredge up. Probably evolved in binary systems (or accreted from a dwarf galaxy, Sgr dsph?) Cole & Weinberg (2002) considered the stars with (J-Ks) 0 >2 (because such red ones are C stars in the LMC). This is not true. Ishihara et al. (2010) used (J-Ks) and AKARI (9-18) colors to classify between O-rich/C-rich stars. Their C-rich stars seem to be located also in the bulge. Spectorsopic follow-ups are necessary. Miszalski et al. (2013) serendipitously discovered a C-rich symbiotic Mira towards the bulge. They considered that it is nearer than the bulge, and our near-ir photometry supports their conclusion.

40 Dependency on age and metal The frequency of C-rich evolved stars can be considered as a population indicator. Being applied to nearby galaxies (e.g. Boyer et al. 2013). Old AGB stars don t evolve into C-rich stars. (5 Gyr, [M/H]=0) ratio of C-rich AGBs to O-rich ones Metal-rich stars tend to avoid evolving into C-rich stars. Intermediate-age stars become C-rich AGB stars (especially if metal-poor). ~8.5 for SMC Miras ~2.5 for LMC Miras zero for Bulge Miras? C-rich/O-rich ratio at the AGB phase (Boyer et al. 2013, ApJ, 774, 83)

41 Dependency on age and metal No C-rich AGB stars had been confirmed in the bulge. The dominant population of Being applied to nearby galaxies the bulge (e.g. Boyer is old et and al. metal-rich. 2013). The frequency of C-rich evolved stars can be considered as a population indicator. Old AGB stars don t evolve into C-rich stars. (5 Gyr, [M/H]=0) ratio of C-rich AGBs to O-rich ones Metal-rich stars tend to avoid evolving into C-rich stars. Intermediate-age stars become C-rich AGB stars (especially if metal-poor). ~8.5 for SMC Miras ~2.5 for LMC Miras zero for Bulge Miras? C-rich/O-rich ratio at the AGB phase (Boyer et al. 2013, ApJ, 774, 83)

42 Stellar populations in the bulge Almost all bulge stars were thought to be old (~10Gyr). Recent supports for intermediate-age stars (~a few Gyr). The presence of such younger stars is still controvertial. Does the bulge have C-rich AGBs aged a few Gyr? Younger stars, 2 7 Myr, in the bulge? Age-metal relation for microlensed stars in the bulge (Bensby+13) Metal-rich stars should be younger to explain the bulge CMD? (Haywood+16)

43 How to search for bulge C stars? Ishihara et al. (2011, A&A, 534, 79) AKARI(IRC)+2MASS colors for several groups of objects including AGB stars, YSOs and extragalactic sources. Teaching samples based on SIMBAD classification

44 Spectral features for the difference colors Mid-IR: [9] [18] O-rich: Silicate um O-rich stars get redder in [9] [18]. C-rich: SiC 11.3 um Near-IR: J Ks O-rich: H 2 O dominates both J/Ks C-rich: strong C 2, CN bands in J Lancon & Wood (2000) O-rich Ita et al. (2010) C-rich O-rich C-rich

45 Distribution of O-rich/C-rich AGBs in Ishihara et al. (2011) More C-rich AGBs in the outer Galaxy This trend has been known (eg. Noguchi et al. 2004). Many carbon stars in the bulge? Ishihara et al. (2011)

46 Questions left from Ishihara+11 Are there really so many C-rich stars in the bulge? Some caveats in Ishihara et al. (2011) Contaminations of non-agb stars/misclassification Large errors in distance They used the empirical relation between [9] and Ks-[9] (assuming that AGBs form a sequence in the CMD). Interstellar reddening and extinction is not taken into account.

47 The goal of our work Identify candidates of C-rich Miras in the bulge Miras are evolved AGB stars (their evolutionary stages are constrained). The distances can be estimated based on periodluminosity relation. Confirm its type (as C-rich) based on spectroscopy If any confirmed, discuss their implications on stellar populations in the bulge

48 Targets selection 66 candidates of 6528 Miras in Soszynski+13 (OGLE-III) 4 candidates of 643 Miras in Catchpole+16 Candidates of C-rich Miras from the OGLE-III catalog and Catchpole candidates of C-rich Miras

49 Spectroscopy w. SAAO/74inch SpUpNIC spectrograph at 74 inch (1.9m) in Sutherland Å with λ/δλ~1,200 (Grating GR8) Observation on July, sec exposures for 36 targets (I=12 17 mag ) A band (telluric) CN CN CN TiO VO VO

50 8 C-rich Miras confirmed 6 C-rich Miras among OGLE-III bulge Miras and 2 additional C-rich Miras from Catchpole+2016 Emission lines from two objects JHKs photometry collected with IRSF 1.4m (SAAO) IRSF JHKs-band photometry also obtained, showing some offsets from 2MASS colors

51 Distances to the C-rich Miras Relatively large errors remain due to the mix of interstellar and circumstellar extinction. 4 Miras (and maybe another) are within the bulge. representing a rare population: 4 5/7000~0.1% 3 foreground (including a symbiotic C-rich Mira in Miszalski+13) 4 members 1 background?

52 Distribution on the sky IRSF survey (Matsunaga+09) One would expect ~5x10 4 Miras in the bulge. Roughly, ~50 C-rich Miras to be found.

53 The origin of C-rich Miras Intermediate-age stars (around Gyr)?? If they become C-rich stars after the 3 rd dredge-up process. They should be not-so-metal-rich and less oxygen enhanced. Still old objects?? If the origin is mass transfers or mergers in binary systems. (Possibly related) Blue stragglers exist in the bulge (e.g. Clarkson et al. 2011). Even a rare evolutionary path may be important to explain a rare object like the bulge C-rich Miras. Accretion from a (merged) dwarf galaxy?? Kinematics and chemical information may help uncover their origin(s).

54 Section summary 4 5 C-rich Miras are identified in the bulge for the first time. Representing a rare population in the bulge, but their origins are unclear. May be intermediate-age stars (0.5 3 Gyr). May be old stars affected by binary evolution. May be accreted from a (merged) dwarf galaxy. Further candidates selection using the AKARI color will be useful for finding more C-rich stars in the bulge. Matsunaga et al. 2017, MNRAS, 469,

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